Leptin and leptin receptor expression in a lipoblastoma in an 8-year-old girl

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 253-255

  Deutscher, Jens ^a   Meyer, Kerstin ^b   Blütters Sawatzki, Renate ^b   Franke, Folker E ^b   Kiess, Wieland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childhood tumors; Leptin; Leptin receptors; Lipoblastoma; Ob gene

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOCYTES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LIPOMA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032699007     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023380     Document Type: Article

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